Rose baking is nothing new, however. The practice of using roses in cooking dates back centuries. Roses, in fact, have been used extensively in Middle Eastern cuisines to enhance the taste of foods and beverages. Using edible flowers for culinary endeavors is gaining a wider audience, and roses, with their subtle, sweet taste, make a pleasing recipe ingredient. Correspondingly, rose recipes have become popular. Suite101: How to Cook With Roses

110 g Butter at room temperature

60 g Icing sugar

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

1 Egg, lightly beaten

1/2 tsp Baking powder

200 g Cake flour

1 tbsp Rose petals

Chocolate glaze

Stir together flour and baking powder. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Gradually add in the egg and beat until well-combined.

Add in the sifted flour mixture and rose petals. Cover the batter in greaseproof wrapper and chill for 1 hour.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inch apart on the tray lined with a baking paper. Lightly flatten them with a spoon.

Bake in the middle part of the preheated 175C/350F oven for about 18-20 minutes. Remove to wire racks and cool completely. Dip with the chocolate glaze.

OH OH OH !!!!!!!! they are perfectly my knid of cookies...gorgeous and so elegant and so exotic!!!!! OMG I SO LOVE THEM!! first time ive seen cookies nn rose petals combined...OH mY Angie...what a brilliant brilliant idea!!!

Hi Angie - thanks for the information on the rose cookies! I didn't realize this had been going on for centuries! A pity edible and dried roses are so expensive here - would love to use them more often and maybe one day make cookies like yours.

Angie darling, how are you? Sorry I have been a bit absent lately! I am finally getting to catch up. Luv, how interesting. A few days ago, I prepared a rose scone post for next week, you see, great minds think alike. Have a blessed day darling.

Angie darling, I popped in to let you know I did try this delicious recipe this weekend, actually my daughter did. The dough was a little sticky at first, but other then that it turned out great. We loved it, thanks darling.

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